Poem-a-Day

Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
1126
Christian Gullette: "Palm Springs"
3 min
1127
Richie Hofmann: "Lamb"
3 min
1128
Aaron Smith: "Sissy"
2 min
1129
Bryan Byrdlong: "Ode to Black Air Forces"
3 min
1130
Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Ele...
3 min
1131
Anna Akhmatova: "[Like a white stone]"
3 min
1132
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
1133
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
1134
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
1135
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
1136
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
1137
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
1138
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
1139
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
1140
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
1141
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
1142
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1143
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
1144
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
1145
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1146
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1147
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1148
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1149
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1150
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min